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We don’t have to save the world. The world is big enough to look after itself. What we have to be concerned about is whether or not the world we live in will be capable of sustaining us in it. - Douglas Adams

Follow Up

Disorganised Crime (People Setting Themselves On Fire) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-03/man-airlifted-to-melbourne-hospital-after-firebombing-gone-wrong/107110386 https://www.wyndhamtv.com.au/man-shot-outside-altona-north-cafe/

Also, the endless parade of shootings in Western Sydney that police and politicians are claiming are part of a new trend of murderers for hire (they have another name for it I can’t recall right now)

Tobacco https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-03/coalition-unveils-plan-to-slash-tobacco-excise/107109642

https://www.canceraustralia.gov.au/cancer-types/lung-cancer/lung-cancer-australia-statistics https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(24)00185-3/fulltext

Italy seems to be murdering women at about the same per capita rate as Australia https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/04/lorena-isceri-killed-in-florence-femicide-italy

And then there’s the strangling thing https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/27/sydney-16yo-girl-death-suspected-sexual-choking-asphyxiation-ntwnfb

Anak Krakatau https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/07/volcano-eruption-indonesia-map-airports-closed-flights-mount-anak-krakatau

AfD https://edition.cnn.com/2026/09/06/europe/germany-afd-state-election-majority-intl

Things

Scurvy https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/03/six-year-old-queensland-boy-dies-from-scurvy-vitamin-c-disease-19th-century-ntwnfb

The South African airline (Airlink) that did a flyover at the NZ-SA rugby tournament … within 5m of the stadium, and through the debris of a coloured smoke bomb. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3rew8jqny5o https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/flight-tracking-news/special-event/airlinks-low-flypast-over-rugby-match-in-cape-town/

Also, is Africa bigger now or the rest of the world smaller? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/04/un-vote-world-map-mercator-equal-earth-africa

US Military bases in Australia https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/07/us-military-bases-in-australia-map-list-spy-satellite-pine-gap https://www.theguardian.com/global/video/2026/sep/07/us-military-presence-in-australia-mapped-video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkia6zeu4oo

“The US military controls or has access to 92 defence facilities on Australian soil.” https://ausbases.au/ausbases/

https://www.unz.com/article/debasification-a-fancy-word-for-booting-the-us-out-of-the-middle-east/ https://www.archynewsy.com/u-s-military-bases-in-okinawa-deterrence-burden-and-structural-discrimination/

A visual history of every interplanetary mission https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4b9R8Xqej4

Games (specifically excluding Chess)

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